======================================================================== D2 COMPANION: MEASURED REGGE TRIANGULATION OF SCHWARZSCHILD (geometric deficits; the h^4 law is MEASURED here, not assumed) ======================================================================== r_s = 2.0 (M = 1, G = c = 1), proper window s = 0.8 r_s levels n = [4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16] (mesh scale h = s/n) FLAT-SPACE NULL TEST (identity metric, same pipeline): n = 6: interior hinges = 16064, max|delta| = 7.11e-15 [PASS] interior deficits vanish in flat space (threshold 1e-9) SCHWARZSCHILD SERIES (far window, r0 = 2.0 r_s): r in [1.717, 2.283] r_s, Kretschmann K = 1.1719e-02, sqrt(K) = 1.0825e-01 n = 4: interior hinges = 1232, median|delta| = 2.406e-04, max|delta| = 6.599e-03 (0.0 s) n = 6: interior hinges = 16064, median|delta| = 1.033e-04, max|delta| = 3.165e-03 (0.1 s) n = 8: interior hinges = 75600, median|delta| = 5.729e-05, max|delta| = 1.852e-03 (0.3 s) n = 10: interior hinges = 230144, median|delta| = 3.683e-05, max|delta| = 1.214e-03 (0.7 s) n = 12: interior hinges = 549200, median|delta| = 2.501e-05, max|delta| = 8.571e-04 (1.5 s) n = 14: interior hinges = 1121472, median|delta| = 1.862e-05, max|delta| = 6.371e-04 (2.7 s) n = 16: interior hinges = 2054864, median|delta| = 1.408e-05, max|delta| = 4.921e-04 (4.8 s) h/r_s median|delta| median|sur| max|sur| C3(abs) C2(signed) C1(Regge) 0.2000 2.4058e-04 5.7108e-03 9.3887e-03 2.0686e-08 +1.4303e-08 +3.5896e-05 0.1333 1.0331e-04 2.6017e-03 4.4956e-03 3.5706e-09 +2.4789e-09 +1.1221e-05 0.1000 5.7295e-05 1.4821e-03 2.6297e-03 1.0714e-09 +7.4513e-10 +5.4130e-06 0.0800 3.6829e-05 9.5452e-04 1.7241e-03 4.2670e-10 +2.9706e-10 +3.1785e-06 0.0667 2.5014e-05 6.7020e-04 1.2171e-03 2.0225e-10 +1.4089e-10 +2.0889e-06 0.0571 1.8621e-05 4.9389e-04 9.0482e-04 1.0790e-10 +7.5200e-11 +1.4771e-06 0.0500 1.4083e-05 3.8022e-04 6.9899e-04 6.2720e-11 +4.3725e-11 +1.0995e-06 Doubling ratios log2[dens(h)/dens(h/2)]: n = 4 -> 8: +4.271 n = 6 -> 12: +4.142 n = 8 -> 16: +4.094 MEASURED exponents (least-squares over all levels): median|delta| ~ h^2.04 (power counting: 2) |S_RS - S_Regge|/Vol ~ h^4.17 (power counting: 4) SCHWARZSCHILD SERIES (near-horizon window, r0 = 1.5 r_s): r in [1.269, 1.731] r_s, Kretschmann K = 6.5844e-02, sqrt(K) = 2.5660e-01 n = 4: interior hinges = 1232, median|delta| = 7.882e-04, max|delta| = 1.667e-02 (0.0 s) n = 6: interior hinges = 16064, median|delta| = 3.307e-04, max|delta| = 8.081e-03 (0.1 s) n = 8: interior hinges = 75600, median|delta| = 1.919e-04, max|delta| = 4.757e-03 (0.3 s) n = 10: interior hinges = 230144, median|delta| = 1.213e-04, max|delta| = 3.131e-03 (0.7 s) n = 12: interior hinges = 549200, median|delta| = 8.474e-05, max|delta| = 2.216e-03 (1.5 s) n = 14: interior hinges = 1121472, median|delta| = 6.162e-05, max|delta| = 1.650e-03 (2.7 s) n = 16: interior hinges = 2054864, median|delta| = 4.775e-05, max|delta| = 1.277e-03 (4.8 s) h/r_s median|delta| median|sur| max|sur| C3(abs) C2(signed) C1(Regge) 0.2000 7.8818e-04 1.3429e-02 2.2265e-02 2.8627e-07 +2.0371e-07 +9.0091e-05 0.1333 3.3066e-04 6.1262e-03 1.0824e-02 4.9480e-08 +3.5547e-08 +2.7793e-05 0.1000 1.9191e-04 3.5028e-03 6.3840e-03 1.4870e-08 +1.0733e-08 +1.3335e-05 0.0800 1.2132e-04 2.2928e-03 4.2075e-03 5.9295e-09 +4.2921e-09 +7.8084e-06 0.0667 8.4741e-05 1.6097e-03 2.9815e-03 2.8133e-09 +2.0402e-09 +5.1238e-06 0.0571 6.1616e-05 1.1801e-03 2.2246e-03 1.5021e-09 +1.0908e-09 +3.6195e-06 0.0500 4.7749e-05 9.0870e-04 1.7234e-03 8.7368e-10 +6.3505e-10 +2.6926e-06 Doubling ratios log2[dens(h)/dens(h/2)]: n = 4 -> 8: +4.267 n = 6 -> 12: +4.136 n = 8 -> 16: +4.089 MEASURED exponents (least-squares over all levels): median|delta| ~ h^2.01 (power counting: 2) |S_RS - S_Regge|/Vol ~ h^4.17 (power counting: 4) ======================================================================== Interpretation: * The deficit exponent ~2 and residual-density exponent ~4 are the D2 power-counting claims, now measured on a real triangulation with geometric dihedral angles, not generated by construction. * Coefficients are mesh/method dependent (chord-length edges); the exponent is the invariant content. Flat-space null test confirms zero curvature-independent artifact. * Regge -> EH convergence itself stays the external CMS input. ========================================================================